Kirenia Álvarez
| Kirenia Álvarez | |
|---|---|
| File:KIKI by Kirenia Alvarez official portrait.jpgKIKI by Kirenia Alvarez official portrait.jpg | |
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Cuban |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Epoxy resin art |
| Movement | Contemporary art |
| 🏅 Awards | First Place, Mixed Media, Carnaval on the Mile (2023)[1] |
| 🌐 Website | kikibykireniaalvarez |
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Kirenia Álvarez, known professionally as KIKI, is a Cuban visual artist based in Miami, Florida, who works in pigmented epoxy resin. She is the founder of KIKI by Kirenia Alvarez LLC, and her brand name, KIKI BY KIRENIA ALVAREZ, is a federally registered trademark for works of art of epoxy resin.[2][3] Álvarez describes her resin wall pieces as "jewelry for walls".[4]
Background
Álvarez was born on November 16, 1983, in Guanabacoa, Havana, Cuba. Her family won the United States visa lottery and emigrated to the U.S. in March 1998; she was raised in Hialeah, Florida, where she attended Hialeah High School. She studied Web Page Design at Florida National College in 2001. Álvarez began working in the banking industry in 2008, starting as a receptionist, and worked in that field for about fifteen years. In a 2025 interview, she said she discovered epoxy resin as an artistic medium during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, and that developing her first resin piece took more than six months.[4]
Career
Álvarez works from Miami, Florida, through her company KIKI by Kirenia Alvarez LLC, organized in Florida in 2021.[3] In 2022, the mark KIKI BY KIRENIA ALVAREZ was registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 6728425) for "works of art of epoxy resin".[2]
In June 2021, her work went on sale at the Kendall branch of El Dorado Furniture in Miami; according to the artist's announcements at the time, her first two pieces there sold on July 4, 2021.
Her work has been presented at the Carnaval on the Mile juried art festival in Coral Gables.[1]
Álvarez has discussed her work in Spanish-language media in South Florida, including a 2025 segment on Telemundo 51's Cuéntale a Marilys, a 2021 interview on MEGA TV with Jasmina Marazita, and an appearance on UniVista TV's El Show de Carlucho in 2022.[5] In June 2025 she was the subject of a full episode of Emigrante Podcast, "Joyas de Pared, el Arte de Kirenia Alvarez" (Wall Jewelry: The Art of Kirenia Alvarez).[6]
Style and technique
Álvarez produces wall works in pigmented epoxy resin, building layered, high-gloss surfaces, frequently with gold-toned accents and onyx- or geode-like effects.[4]
Awards and recognition
- First Place, Mixed Media category, Carnaval on the Mile, Coral Gables (2023), for a resin depiction of La Catrina. The festival's awards program, run by the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana, grants first, second and third place awards in its Fine Arts Village categories.[7] The festival's official winners board, published on Carnaval Miami's official event page, names her "1st Kiki Alvarez" in the Mixed Media category and shows her holding the first-place blue ribbon.[1]
- In April 2021, she appeared on the cover of DMH Magazine.
Exhibitions
- Carnaval on the Mile (juried art festival), Coral Gables, Florida, 2023.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Carnaval on the Mile — Artists Winners (official winners board: "Mixed Media — 1st Kiki Alvarez")". Kiwanis Club of Little Havana / Carnaval Miami. March 2023. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "KIKI BY KIRENIA ALVAREZ — Reg. No. 6728425 (Serial No. 90691465)". USPTO Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR). May 24, 2022. Missing or empty
|url=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "KIKI BY KIRENIA ALVAREZ LLC — Document No. L21000136891". Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz). Missing or empty
|url=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Meet KIKI By Kirenia Alvarez". Shoutout Miami. June 2025.
- ↑ "Press — Kiki by Kirenia". Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- ↑ "Joyas de Pared, el Arte de Kirenia Alvarez" (Podcast). Emigrante Podcast. June 7, 2025 – via Spotify. Missing or empty
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External links
Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Cuban women artists Category:Cuban contemporary artists Category:Artists from Miami
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